Russian Railways and two of URALCHEM's Companies sign an
agreement on cooperation to improve Transportation Efficiency
Russian Railways, URALCHEM's Kirovo-Chepetsk Chemical Works Plant and
URALCHEM-TRANS signed a cooperation agreement for the period 2013 to 2015
at the Volga Coordinating Council meeting held in Nizhny Novgorod.
Moscow, Russia (October 10, 2013) -- Russian Railways, URALCHEM's KirovoChepetsk Chemical Works Plant and URALCHEM-TRANS signed a cooperation
agreement for the period 2013 to 2015 at the Volga Coordinating Council meeting held
in Nizhny Novgorod. The meeting was chaired by the head of Gorky Railway, Anatoly
Lesun.
The agreement will increase interaction efficiency between the parties to guarantee the
transportation of raw materials and finished products from the plant in Kirovo-Chepetsk.
The parties agreed to combine their efforts in priority areas such as: accelerated
transportation of the consignor's cars, provision of track to be used for parking cars,
automation of the process for organizing shipments.
Sergei Momtsemlidze, Director of the Kirovo-Chepetsk Chemical Works Plant, said:
"Gorky Railway has always been one of the plant's most important and reliable
strategic partners. Increased cooperation between URALCHEM and Gorky Railway will
give a new impetus to our strong relationship and will help to improve transportation of
raw materials and finished products from the plant, including products for the domestic
agricultural sector."
Vsevolod Kovshov, director of URALCHEM-TRANS said, "The development of
cooperation between Russian Railways and URALCHEM has been one of our priority
tasks. We appreciate the constructive partnership with Gorky Railway, and especially
the customer-oriented approach of the departments that we are dealing with, as well as
the way they strive to always meet the needs of shippers. By signing the agreement,
we will be able to work together on specific tasks that will ensure more effective and
mutually beneficial cooperation between Russian Railways and URALCHEM. The most
important area of work is the creation of a system allowing acceleration of

transportation of the consignor's cars within the Russian Railways network. Our
cooperation will also improve planning efficiency and traffic coordination."
-EndsPR department
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URALCHEM, OJSC is one of the largest producers of nitrogen and phosphate
fertilisers in Russia and the CIS with production capacities of over 2.5 million
tonnes of ammonium nitrate, 2.8 million tonnes of ammonia, 0.8 million tonnes of
MAP and DAP, 0.8 million tonnes of complex fertilisers and 1.2 million tonnes of
urea. URALCHEM, OJSC is the second largest ammonium nitrate producer in the
world and number one in Russia, the second largest producer of nitrogen
fertilisers in Russia. Key production assets of URALCHEM, OJSC include Azot
Branch of URALCHEM, OJSC in Berezniki, Perm Region; OJSC Minudobrenia,
Perm; MFP Kirovo-Chepetsk Chemical Works, OJSC Branch in Kirovo-Chepetsk,
Kirov region; Voskresensk Mineral Fertilisers, OJSC in Voskresensk, Moscow
region.
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